another story
Have been wanting to post this one but didn't think it was worth a thread of it's own so i'll put it here. Hope you don't mind Genius! I recently had a ploppy try to hold me hostage in a strange way. I had 2 max(ish) bets out and he had a table min(ish) bet. He was in front of me and got dealt a 20, both of my hands were 11. Can't remember if the dealer up card was a 6 or 8, but I immediately pushed out my double down bets. So the first few hands are played according to basic strategy, then we get to this guy. He puts out a 2nd bet and says he wants to double down. Dealer asks "are you sure you really want to double down on your twenty. Think that ace is coming?" He doesn't answer, but seems to be trying to look at me without turning his head. I got the feeling that he was waiting for me to object to his double down and was planning to ask me to pay him to not double his 20. Then he says he wants to split and looks at me. I give him a surprised look, as I was surprised. The dealer must have had an 8 up because I remember thinking it was also an awful play. The table waits a bit as he thinks. I get the same feeling that he was waiting for me to say something to try to stop him. Finally, he stands. I ended up winning both hands and the comments start about how it was because of him that I won. I won probably 65% of the rest of the hands I played a made a small bundle of money, all while he was telling me each time I win it was because of him (and of course remaining silent when I lose.) With about a half deck left the count tanked to around +1. I decided it was a good time to go and now he just starts asking for money as I color up. I smiled and wished him luck!